QuickVtk

User Documentation

Just some helpful notes until I have time to provide more detailed tutorials / guides:

Check out the examples folder
There are a bunch of .qml files located at res/examples/qml to showcase and test functionality of some VTK classes. You can load a file, edit stuff in the editor and recompile your changes to get a feeling for how things work.
Editor Shortcuts
The code editor is (attempt 1: ~~garbage~~, attempt 2: ~~very alpha~~, attempt 3: ~~does an okay job for basic text editing~~) does not support syntax formatting but at least basic syntax highlighting. The editor supports some helpful shortcuts:
- cmd/ctrl + N: New File
- cmd/ctrl + O: Open File
- cmd/ctrl + S: Save File
- ~~cmd/ctrl + I: Format File~~
- cmd/ctrl + R: Compile & Run
- cmd/ctrl + F: Find & Replace
- cmd/ctrl + 1: Toggle Editor View
Note: Implementing proper code formatting in QML turns out to be real tough... So you're best off using an external editor for writing code and reloading modified files manually.
Use the type browser
The search bar in the application's upper-right corner allows you to search for types available in QuickVtk. You can quickly get an overview of all properties, methods and some other useful meta information of any type this way.
Knowing VTK is helpful
There are some concepts in VTK that take some getting used to. You can familiarize by either looking at the examples located at res/examples/qml or examples and documentation on the VTK website.